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Saturday, January 12th, 2013
Mayor Klaus Wowereit of Berlin has sat survived a vote of no confidence in the House of Representatives of the city state.
The opposition had the motion filed against him, because they find the Wowereit complicit to the debacle surrounding the new international airport. BBI.
A majority of 85 local municipat lawmakers rejected the non-confidence motion – supported by the Greens, Die Linke, and the [...] Continue Reading…
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Thursday, December 13th, 2012
The opinions expressed in the following blog article by our blog contributors and subsequent comments are not necessarily those of OTA-Berlin but specifically of the contributor – in this case Mr Emil Hoogensteyn.
OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ is part of OTA-Berlin ‘……the intelligent Apartment-Alternative to Hotels in Berlin’.The Blog provides OTA-Berlin guests a quick overview of the cultural, sports, social and other related activities [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: "Sueddeutsche Zeitung”, 'Tony-Blair-poodle' type, .taz.de, Amy Goodman, assange set up, bradley manning, Bradley Manning as 'Man of the Year 2012', bradleymanning.org/, brain-dead Karin Olsson, Daniel Ellsberg, Ecuador does the right thing, ferrada-noli.blogspot., freebradleymanning.de/, gutter press tabloid ‘Expressen’, Marcello Ferrada de Noli, piraten partei, Piraten partei support Wikileaks, so-called Swedish neutrality a hoax, steve bell guardian, Sweden’s right-wing gutter press, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Noblel Peace Prize
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Friday, November 30th, 2012
The Israeli PM and other members of his cabinet will arrive in Germany next week for previously arranged government-to-government consultations.
It will be just one week after the German government abstained in a United Nations vote on the recognition of the state of Palestine – an abstention which the ultra-nationalist government of Netanyahu had not reckoned with.
The vindictive Israeli PM Netanyahu has just [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: arrogant Israeli leader, extremist right-wing Netanyahu/ Lieberman government, force the Israeli government to cease its bellicose position, israel-is-not-mr-netanyahu, Netanyahu and Lieberman due in Berlin, odious-canadian-prime-minister-steve-harper, racist Israeli foreign minister Lieberman, the-odius-canadian-prime-minister-steve-harper, Ultra-nationalist and bellicose Israeli PM Netanyahu, US National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, War criminal and loser Tony Blair
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Germans and most Europeans are ‘Mit Obama’ – or With Obama – this is what this blog has been saying for some time – at least in my articles! ['Mit" in German means 'with' and Mitt in English means............well in this case right-wing millionaire loser, and most Europeans agree.]
The World is generally relieved by Barrack Obama’s win in the US Presidential election. The results of [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: "Mit Obama", 'German Marshall Fund'., 'Transatlantic Trends'., Barack Obama, euobserver.com, Europeans would vote for Obama and not loser Romney, From Berlin and from Europe we are ‘Mit Obama’, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, http://ibnlive.in.com, In Germany they are "Mit Obama", independent.co.uk, japantoday.com, Nacht-der-Entscheidung.ZDF, nytimes.com, Spiegel.de, www.americanacademy.de
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Monday, November 5th, 2012
Germans and most Europeans are ‘Mit Obama’ – or With Obama!
‘Mit” in German means ‘with’ and Mitt in English means…………well in this case right-wing millionaire loser, and most Europeans agree.
The German love-in with Barrack Obama started in the summer of 2008 when the then ‘would-be’ president was denied the chance to speak at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate’ by none other than Angela Merkel!
He [...] Continue Reading…
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
Happy Birthday Günter Grass! German authour turns 85 today and still going strong.
The Günter Grass House, has existed since 2002 in the Glockengießerstraße 21 in Lubeck – its official name is ‘Günter Grass-Haus, Forum für Literatur und Bildende Kunst’ / the Günter Grass House, Forum for Literature and Visual Arts.
It offers insights into the work of Nobel laureate, graphic artist and sculptor [...] Continue Reading…
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Friday, October 12th, 2012
The opinions expressed by our blog contributors are not necessarily those of OTA-Berlin but specifically of the contributor – in this case Mr Emil Hoogensteyn.
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His chances are not considered high – at 16/1 if one can believe the UK Guardian -and one tends more and more NOT to believe them.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/12/nobel-peace-prize-winner-to-be-revealed
It would be a very courageous move on the part of the Norwegians [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: "Sueddeutsche Zeitung”, 'Tony-Blair-poodle' type, assange set up, brain-dead Karin Olsson, colonialist-type UK threats, Ecuador does the right thing, EU to win Nobel Peace Prize, ferrada-noli.blogspot., gutter press tabloid ‘Expressen’, Marcello Ferrada de Noli, Noblel Peace Prize, Noblel Peace Prize 2012, piraten partei, Piraten partei support Wikileaks, so-called Swedish neutrality a hoax, Sweden’s right-wing gutter press, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Noblel Peace Prize
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Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Angela Merkel
In an article published yesterday, the increasingly unreliable UK Guardian , written by Dan Milmo, ‘industrial editor’ , openly blames German chancellor, Angela Merkel for the collapse of the BAE-EADS merger talks.
The article called “Angela Merkel blamed for collapse of £28bn BAE-EADS merger” claims that “sources” say German chancellor was key factor in decision to terminate talks. – http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/10/angela-merkel-bae-eads-merger
The article was supposed [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: angela merkel, Angela Merkel and 'System M', bundeskanzlerin.de, But can one trust the UK Guardian?, Dan Milmo, germany-the-accidental-empire, guardian opportunistic regarding wikileaks, Guardian UK, Guardian UK openly 'blames' Merkel, guardian.co.uk, industrial editor, Julian Assange, shrill Guardian UK
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Germans and most Europeans are ‘Mit Obama’ – or With Obama!
‘Mit” in German means ‘with’ and Mitt in English means…………well in this case right-wing millionaire loser, and most Europeans agree.
This according to a new poll which says that circa 75% of Europeans would vote for Barack Obama, and a merey 8% for the Mitt Romney – that is if they could vote in the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: "Mit Obama", 'German Marshall Fund'., 'Transatlantic Trends'., Barack Obama, euobserver.com, Europeans would vote for Obama and not loser Romney, In Germany they are "Mit Obama", japantoday.com, nytimes.com
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2012
The Guardian, which up until 1959 went through life known as ‘The Manchester Guardian’ is a British national daily along with its Sunday sister publication, ‘The Observer’.
It is generally considered ‘progressive’ and/or ‘left-leaning’ – except in the case of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks where it takes a completely vile and opportunistic position. [see below*]
It also often shares articles with the American newspaper [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'System M', angela merkel, Angela Merkel and 'System M', bundeskanzlerin.de, by Kate Connolly in Berlin, germany-the-accidental-empire, guardian opportunistic regarding wikileaks, Guardian UK, guardian.co.uk, Julian Assange
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
Photo from Wikipedia shows Anti-American (“Yankee go home – imperialism is a paper tiger”) and anti-Israeli (“23 popularly elected in Israeli prisons”) banners and placards at a demonstration in Kungsträdgården in Stockholm, Sweden, against Israel’s 2006 Lebanon War. About 1 500 people participated in the demonstration- author – robotpolisher
He wants to lead America back to its ‘former strength’ – whatever the heck [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Yankee go home!', George W Stupid, German foreign policy expert Ruprecht Polenz, Opportunist Romney Go Home, Romney Go Home!, Steve Bell's cartoon in the Guardian UK, Vote scrounger and Political Opportunist Romney
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